- (n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5.
- (v.i.) To moralize.
- (a.) Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
- (a.) Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
- (a.) Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
- (n.) The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.
- (a.) Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
- (a.) Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
- (a.) Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
- (n.) The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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